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kaleid0sc0pes [2012-12-31 18:56:55 +0000 UTC]
let me just take the time to comment and tell you how incredibly wonderful your art is ;u;
i especially love your coloring. you blend so well!
and your style is so unique, cute, and sexy. >xo
i wish i could be half as good as you <3
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Xubbles In reply to kaleid0sc0pes [2013-01-04 00:42:00 +0000 UTC]
thank you so much! you are too too kind <3 its all just practice!
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Knuxouge4eva [2012-08-02 03:12:13 +0000 UTC]
Please tell me I'm not the only one who loves Koinu with Isa-kun. PLEASE SOMEONE D':
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Xubbles In reply to Knuxouge4eva [2012-08-03 03:57:00 +0000 UTC]
haha yeah they are cute. I would probably like that pairing too if she wasn't so young
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Knuxouge4eva In reply to Xubbles [2012-08-07 23:28:26 +0000 UTC]
i forget her bro's name. XD i only remembered Koinu cause, ya know, puppy. LOL
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Knuxouge4eva In reply to Xubbles [2012-08-08 03:50:45 +0000 UTC]
Thank you! Jesus, I can't remember anything important XD
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Xubbles In reply to Knuxouge4eva [2012-08-08 03:57:05 +0000 UTC]
hahah its ok. i always forget the twins names too
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hyuga-hime [2012-06-15 18:56:06 +0000 UTC]
Ahhhh I missed NNG <3
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Xubbles In reply to hyuga-hime [2012-06-15 19:18:43 +0000 UTC]
me too me toooo
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Xubbles In reply to E-vay [2012-06-04 03:43:49 +0000 UTC]
ahhhhh i'm so glad you like it!! Couldn't wait for you to see it and hear what you thought :]! I'm glad i could do your characters justice, i love them so much haha
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Ellyaka [2012-06-03 23:57:24 +0000 UTC]
ohmyglob.
I still can't get over how beautifully you blend the colors!~
Poor Tai -w-;
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Xubbles In reply to Ellyaka [2012-06-04 00:07:58 +0000 UTC]
haha i can't take all the credit, the copics make it easy ^^
and yes, the poor dear. He's a darling
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Ellyaka In reply to Xubbles [2012-06-04 00:52:19 +0000 UTC]
I need to get some, they're always so expensive where I find them though >:I
He's always so shy and quiet ;w;
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Xubbles In reply to Ellyaka [2012-06-04 00:59:11 +0000 UTC]
they're always expensive point blank lol. so you kinda just have to settle with it. collect more and more over time
and i know. I feel for him with that hyperactive team of his
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kisa-nightrain [2012-06-03 23:15:57 +0000 UTC]
oh my gosh! This is great! I love Ando's expression!
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Xubbles In reply to kisa-nightrain [2012-06-03 23:26:21 +0000 UTC]
me too haha he's like....the luv of my life right here
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DESERTROSE34 [2012-06-03 19:00:55 +0000 UTC]
I love Ando!
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DESERTROSE34 In reply to Xubbles [2012-06-03 23:35:44 +0000 UTC]
He looks like he's got some serious attitude!
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Xubbles In reply to DESERTROSE34 [2012-06-03 23:58:26 +0000 UTC]
he really does, and idk where its coming from because he gets all shyyyyy around Destry. I actually based his pose off of a picture of three victoria secret models making kissey faces at the camera all together haha
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DESERTROSE34 In reply to Xubbles [2012-06-04 00:05:52 +0000 UTC]
Maybe Ando likes Victoria's Secret.
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Xubbles In reply to DESERTROSE34 [2012-06-04 00:51:57 +0000 UTC]
i think this is probably most likely very very true. They just opened one in Konoha you know
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TwistedDisaster [2012-06-03 11:52:56 +0000 UTC]
oh wow I know she will love this to death. I know I do man seeing them in your new style er not new but improved since the years and your amazing marker work 8> might I ask what kind of paper and inking pens do you use for when you ink and color your work? Just thought I should ask since you make everything so nice and clean! also love just how random everyone is
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Xubbles In reply to TwistedDisaster [2012-06-03 17:37:50 +0000 UTC]
I sure hope she loves it, i can't wait for her to see it!
And thank you so much, i tried really hard to make everything near perfect (altho i did make some mistakes haha but what is art without them?)
For paper i just use my notebook, which is called Strathmore Sketch. It's 100 pages and has a brown cover, if you go looking for it. But I'm normally not that specific with what notebooks i get. I just go to an art store and make sure it's Acid Free sketch paper.
for tracing I switch between two different types of pens, which you can get at Hoppy Lobby and probably other arts/craft stores (i got mine at Sam Flax. I think it's local, but I'm not sure. The only one i've been to is in Orlando, but if there are more, they are awesome and have a great copic marker collection!).
The first are a set of four pens by Faber-Castell called 4 PITT artist pen's in sepia. The color is a really dark brown, which, unless you use black right next to it, looks pretty black to me. I use it for most of my pictures, and my guess is no one particularly notices. Sometimes i use both black and sepia, like in my picture Mine_1,000 watchers. I used the sepia pens for the skin and black for the clothing. I favor these because the four pens are in four sizes, so if i have very small detail, i can trace it without worrying about the pen being too thick because the smallest one is smaller than the size of my mechanical pencil lead (0.5-0.7)
The two black pens i use are thicker, so i don't use them as much for fear of messing up small details, but if I draw a big picture, like this one, i will use them because i like how black makes the color pop. So for this picture i used a Pigma Micron 08 in 0.5 line width. Then i have one with a brush tip that i use to fill in large black areas since i don't have a black marker. It's called Pigma Brush.
You could just as easily buy a set of black pens in different sizes if you like black better, but i can't afford everything i want haha so i just got .5 because for me, that is a good average tracing pen size. Some people prefer smaller tho. And you could use any pen/brush to fill in your black areas. Just don't use sharpie pens. I used to use the fine point ones for tracing, but copic markers smear them sometimes. Copics won't, or shouldn't, smear your lines if you use tracing pens.
For coloring, i use copic markers :> unfortunately theyre pretty expensive, but that is because they are pure amazingness. They color like watercolor paint, so they blend very well. I got my collection over a period of time because i buy them pen by pen. I normally get like 5-7 at a time (they are 7 dollars each). They do sell small sets of the same amount, so you could get 6 flesh tones or 6 primary colors at a time. I find that these sets are never in stock haha but its ok because i like getting colors i specifically need/want. My dad got me the flesh tones for christmas (those are by far the most valuable because it is near impossible to find markers with realistic skin tone to them, and colored pencil just doesn't give you the smoothness a marker can). Then I started off by buying the colors i needed for the picture i was currently working on. I continued doing that and then getting some that i just liked. So eventually i got a wide array.
It is also good to, when buying a color you need, buy at least one, preferably two shades that you will shade it with, so you make sure you have the ability to all that you want with it.
If you ever have any questions for which color i use for what when considering buying copics, just let me know :] hope this helped
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TwistedDisaster In reply to Xubbles [2012-06-04 03:08:52 +0000 UTC]
oh wow thanks so much this really did help a lot 8>
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darkrenegade92 [2012-06-03 10:15:41 +0000 UTC]
lol so much randomtime
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darkrenegade92 In reply to Xubbles [2012-06-03 17:02:26 +0000 UTC]
XD u know i still have the draw you made of me :3
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